Doha 226
Śrī Rāma’s visit to Janaka’s garden; Rāma and Sītā catch sight of each other
निसि प्रबेस मुनि आयसु दीन्हा। सबहीं संध्याबंदनु कीन्हा॥ कहत कथा इतिहास पुरानी। रुचिर रजनि जुग जाम सिरानी॥१॥
मुनिबर सयन कीन्हि तब जाई। लगे चरन चापन दोउ भाई॥ जिन्ह के चरन सरोरुह लागी। करत बिबिध जप जोग बिरागी॥२॥
तेइ दोउ बंधु प्रेम जनु जीते। गुर पद कमल पलोटत प्रीते॥ बार बार मुनि अग्या दीन्ही। रघुबर जाइ सयन तब कीन्ही॥३॥
चापत चरन लखनु उर लाएँ। सभय सप्रेम परम सचु पाएँ॥ पुनि पुनि प्रभु कह सोवहु ताता। पौढ़े धरि उर पद जलजाता॥४॥
Meaning
At the approach of night the sage Viśvāmitra gave the word and all performed their evening devotions (संध्या); and while the sage recited old legends and narratives, two watches of the beautiful night passed. (1) The chief of the sages, Viśvāmitra, then retired to his bed; and the two brothers began to gently caress his legs. The couple whose lotus-feet are sought by men of dispassion muttering various sacred formulae and practising different kinds of Yoga (means of union with God), (2) lovingly caressed the lotus-like feet of their Guru, conquered, as it were, by his love. When the sage told Him again and again, Śrī Raghunātha went to bed only then. (3) Lakṣmaṇa pressed the Lord’s feet to his bosom and caressed them with reverence and love, deriving supreme joy from this service. It was only when the Lord repeatedly said, “Retire now, my brother,” that he laid himself down cherishing his Brother’s lotus-feet in his heart. (4)
उठे लखनु निसि बिगत सुनि अरुनसिखा धुनि कान। गुर तें पहिलेहिं जगतपति जागे रामु सुजान॥२२६॥
Meaning
Towards the close of night, at the sound of cock-crow, got up Lakṣmaṇa. The Lord of the universe, the all-wise Śrī Rāma, also woke before His preceptor. (226)
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